Why buy a crashed car on purpose
A modified S3 that runs costs what a modified S3 costs. The same car with the front end caved in costs a fraction of that, and the difference is work I was going to want to do anyway.
Buying it wrecked also means I know exactly what was done to it, because I am the one taking it apart.
Posting it
I like cars. That is the whole reason this is online. The build goes up as a series because it is more fun to share it than to do it quietly in a garage, and people who like the same things are worth finding.